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ΑΦΩ Fraternity Information
Vision: Be recognized as the premier service-based leadership development
organization.
Mission: Prepare campus and community leaders through service.
Values: Develop leadership, promote friendship and provide service.
Objectives: Share, Grow, Improve, Invest
For information on how the Fraternity was
founded, read The Story Behind the Founding
by Frank Reed Horton.
APO Fact Sheet
- The nation’s largest collegiate fraternity
- The oldest collegiate service fraternity
- Nonresidential and open to students in other Greek-letter
organizations
- Founded in 1925 at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
- More than 17,000 male and female members at 361 campuses nationwide
- Cardinal principles: Leadership. Friendship, Service
- Student-run chapters design service programs based on local needs.
- All-volunteer field support to chapters
- Student members complete minimum service participation requirements
- Examples of common service projects: conducting blood drives for
hospitals and blood banks, organizing “Relays for Life” for campus and
community, building homes with Habitat for Humanity, hosting workshops
for local Boy and Girl Scouts to earn badges
Information taken off the
APO fact sheet. For
further information, please visit the
national website.
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